The Montgomery County Council is considering an increase from 50 cents an hour to 60 cents an hour in Silver Spring. The hike also would be a dime in Bethesda, from 65 cents an hour to 75 cents an hour.

Montgomery County Inspector General Thomas Dagley issued a report that indicates developers were paid twice for the Hoyles Mill Wastewater Pumping Station -- once by the county and once by the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission.

Montgomery County Council members hammered away at a team of Pepco executives who attended a hearing Monday on the utility's performance in the aftermath of the Jan. 26 snow storm that crippled the region's power supply.